World's First Universal Racehorse Identity

GHN
Global Horse
Number

One permanent, portable identifier for every racehorse on the planet — across every country, every registry, every era. 967,150+ races. 3.3 million+ results. No more lost identities when horses cross borders.

638,204 Unique GHNs Assigned

831,659 Source Registry Links

967,150 Races Indexed

3,304,126 Race Results

7,865 Cross-Registry Matches

20+ Countries Covered

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Enter any horse name to search 638,000+ GHN records from 12+ countries.

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Why GHN Exists

The Problem No One Had Solved

Before GHN, a horse's identity was trapped inside each country's database. Every time it crossed a border, its history was left behind. Racing authorities, breeders, and analysts were blind to the full picture.

A Real Scenario

THUNDERSTRUCK

One horse. Three countries. One complete life.

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Without GHN

Three disconnected records

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Irish Database

THUNDERSTRUCK

IRE · Born 1990 · Racing 1990–1993

12 starts · 4 wins · dam: STORM QUEEN

❓ What happened after 1993?

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French Database

THUNDERSTRUCK

New import · Racing 1993–1995

8 starts · 2 wins · origin: unknown

❓ Where did this horse come from?

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Turkish Breeding Register

THUNDERSTRUCK

Sire record only · Arrived 1995

3 foals: LIGHTNING, STORM, THUNDER

❓ Racing history? Bloodline origin?

Three separate horses in three separate silos. No analyst, breeder or racing authority can see the full picture.

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With GHN

One identity. Complete life.

IRIE990-THND

THUNDERSTRUCK

🇮🇪 IrelandBorn 1990Thoroughbred · Stallion

🇮🇪 Ireland · 1990–1993

12 starts · 4 wins · sire: ELECTRIC STORM · dam: STORM QUEEN

Source: Irish Racing DB

🇫🇷 France · 1993–1995

8 starts · 2 wins · sold to French owner

Source: France Galop DB

🇹🇷 Turkey · 1995 onwards

Retired from racing · Breeding career begins

3 foals: LIGHTNING (f. 1997) · STORM (f. 1998) · THUNDER (f. 1999)

Source: TJK / UAT Racing

One GHN. Complete story. Breeders can assess his full racing ability before choosing him as a sire. Analysts can trace his foals' performance back to his French races. Researchers can close bloodline gaps across three countries.

This is not a hypothetical. Thousands of horses in our database have exactly this kind of fragmented identity across 2, 3, or more countries. GHN is the thread that connects them — permanently, openly, and for free.

The Problem

Every registry has its own
island of data

A horse born in Ireland, trained in France, and raced in Turkey carries three separate IDs in three disconnected databases. Pedigree researchers lose lineage threads. Analytics platforms can't track international careers. Import/export paperwork multiplies.

GHN solves this with a single, permanent, open-standard number — assigned once, recognized everywhere.

Permanent

Once assigned, a GHN never changes. Retirement, sale, or transfer to another country — the number stays constant for the horse's lifetime.

Universal

Encoded with country of origin, sex, horse type, and birth year — meaning any GHN carries basic context without a database lookup.

Open

GHN is not owned by any national jockey club or commercial entity. It is designed to be adopted freely by any racing jurisdiction worldwide.

GHN Format

Reading a
GHN at a Glance

TRAE015-DAWM

Country of Origin TR

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for the horse's birth country. TR = Turkey, GB = Great Britain, IN = India…
Sex Indicator A

A = Stallion (entire male) / Gelding, E = Mare, K = Gelding suffix for Arabian breed horses
Horse Type E

E = English Thoroughbred, A = Arabian, K = Crossbred, G = Origin/Breeding register only
Birth Year 015

Last 3 digits of birth year. 015 = 2015. Combined with country prefix, this gives full pedigree context.
Unique Hash DAWM

4-character alphanumeric hash that guarantees uniqueness within the same country/sex/type/year cohort.

Live Example

TRAE015-DAWM Multi-Registry Match

FATİH AĞA

🇹🇷 Turkey Born 2015 303 starts 47 wins

Found in 2 registries:
TJK Racing Database Turkish Breeding Register

ATAK000-595F Multi-Registry Match

KIM VALKYRIE

🇦🇹 Austria-origin Born 2000 68 starts Racing career in TR

Found in 2 registries:
TJK Racing Database Breeding Register

Real Data · Live Examples

Three States of Identity

Every horse in the GHN system falls into one of three categories. Each tells a story about where horse racing data lives — and where it's missing.

◆ Cross-Registry Matches

Same horse confirmed in multiple source databases. GHN is the bridge that unifies them.

TRAE015-DAWM 2 sources

FATİH AĞA

🇹🇷 TRBorn 2015303 starts · 47 wins

Racing DB Breeding Register

TRIE001-HX8V 2 sources

KANEKO

🇹🇷 TRBorn 2001250 starts · 45 wins

Racing DB Breeding Register

TRAE998-MTVS 2 sources

ÖZGÜNHAN

🇹🇷 TRBorn 1998237 starts · 45 wins

Racing DB Breeding Register

ATAK000-595F 2 sources

KIM VALKYRIE

🇦🇹 AT-originBorn 200068 starts in TR

Racing DB Breeding Register

TRAE990-KSPK 2 sources

ÇIKMAZ

🇹🇷 TRBorn 1990209 starts · 17 wins

Racing DB Breeding Register

ATIE984-WNMH 2 sources

ESERİM

🇦🇹 AT-originBorn 198443 starts in TR

Racing DB Breeding Register

◆ In Turkish Records Only

Horses with extensive Turkish racing careers — not yet linked to any international database. GHN preserves their identity for future cross-referencing.

TRIE996-5V4M TR Only

TURBO

🇹🇷 TRBorn 1996358 starts · 40 wins

Extensive career in Turkish racing. Not yet matched internationally.

TRAE009-XB9M TR Only

ŞUBATHAN

🇹🇷 TRBorn 2009222 starts · 16 wins

Turkish thoroughbred, no international registry match found.

TRAE005-ZJYV TR Only

GELİBOLU

🇹🇷 TRBorn 2005219 starts · 30 wins

High-volume Turkish career. Unique to TJK records.

TRAE006-7TT3 TR Only

ŞAHDEMİR

🇹🇷 TRBorn 2006218 starts · 18 wins

GHN ensures this record is linkable when global DBs expand to cover Turkey.

◆ International Records Only

Horses from India, USA, UK and other countries tracked in international databases — not yet racing in Turkey. GHN assigned and ready.

INIG900-A7Z4 Intl Only

AABUSHAN

🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Saamidd

International DB

INIK900-7UBM Intl Only

AACWEL

🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Pinson

International DB

INIE900-4T46 Intl Only

AADHYA

🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Leitir Mor

International DB

INIE900-GW9A Intl Only

AAD RITI

🇮🇳 IndiaSire: Knight's Tour

International DB

Horse Owners

What's Your
Horse's GHN?

Every racehorse — whether racing in Turkey, New Zealand, South Africa, India, or anywhere else — can have a permanent GHN assigned. This number is your horse's global passport: it survives ownership transfers, name changes, and moves between countries.

① Search your horse's name in the box above

② Filter by country to narrow down results

③ Not found? Submit your horse below — GHN assigned within 48 hours

CHECK YOUR HORSE → REQUEST GHN →

Sample GHN Cards

TRAE015-DAWM 🇹🇷 Turkey

FATİH AĞA

Born 2015Arabian303 starts · 47 wins

TJK Racing DB Breeding Register

ZAIE008-SUJ7 🇿🇦 South Africa

FRANKEL (ZA line)

Born 2008Thoroughbred

International DB

Global Coverage

Racing Nations
in the System

GHN currently spans horses from 20+ racing nations, with Turkey having the deepest coverage due to TJK's comprehensive historical records dating back over a century.

🇳🇿New Zealand223,038

🇿🇦South Africa187,011

🇹🇷Turkey92,206

🇮🇳India34,834

🇯🇵Japan25,888

🇺🇸USA31,060

🇭🇰Hong Kong8,341

🇬🇧Great Britain12,159

🇮🇪Ireland4,460

🇫🇷France7,016

🇨🇦Canada1,498

🇩🇪Germany454

🇦🇷Argentina102

🇧🇷Brazil88

🇮🇹Italy55

🇦🇹Austria50

🇷🇺Russia47

🇨🇱Chile47

🌍More expandingsoon

Data Provenance

Integrated Data Sources

GHN pulls from official and leading racing databases across 6+ countries. Each source is normalized into a common schema, unifying horses, races, results, jockeys, trainers, and tracks under one standard.

Source	Country	Horses	Races	Results
LoveRacing	New Zealand	250,018	359,388	1,511,443
Raceform	South Africa	218,724	560,183	1,319,833
JBIS	Japan	50,075	—	—
IndiaRace	India	32,973	44,096	435,068
HKJC	Hong Kong	7,129	2,399	29,043
Equibase	USA / Canada / India	40,362	1,084	8,739
UAT Racing / TJK	Turkey	65,972	36 yrs	domestic

◆ European scrapers (UK, France, Germany, Ireland) — in development · Last updated: April 2026

Grow the Database

Submit Your Horse

If your horse isn't in the GHN database yet, submit its details below. We'll review, deduplicate, and assign a permanent GHN — usually within 48 hours.

HORSE NAME *

BIRTH YEAR

COUNTRY OF BIRTH

BREED

SIRE (FATHER)

DAM (MOTHER)

YOUR EMAIL (OPTIONAL — for GHN assignment notification)

ADDITIONAL INFO (optional — registry ID, racing country, etc.)

Why It Matters

GHN vs. The Status Quo

Without GHN

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Fragmented identity

Each country's ID dies at the border

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Pedigree breaks

Imported sires lose lineage threads

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Manual deduplication

Same horse listed 3× in 3 databases

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No analytics continuity

Career stats reset at every border

With GHN

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One number, any country

TRAE015-DAWM works in any jurisdiction

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Full pedigree linkage

Sire/dam GHNs chain automatically

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Automatic deduplication

7,865 cross-registry matches already found

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Global career tracking

From Turkey to India — one record

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Self-documenting format

Read country + sex + year from the code itself

Open Standard

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No lock-in

Not owned by any jockey club

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Backwards compatible

Can reference horses born 100+ years ago

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Deterministic

Same horse always gets same GHN

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Linkable, not replaceable

Works alongside any existing ID system

GHN
Global Horse
Number

Look Up Your Horse

The Problem No One Had Solved

Every registry has its own
island of data

Reading a
GHN at a Glance

Three States of Identity

◆ Cross-Registry Matches

◆ In Turkish Records Only

◆ International Records Only

What's Your
Horse's GHN?

Racing Nations
in the System

Integrated Data Sources

Submit Your Horse

Submission Received!

GHN vs. The Status Quo

Lookup, submit,
or share a horse

GHNGlobal HorseNumber

Look Up Your Horse

The Problem No One Had Solved

Every registry has its ownisland of data

Reading aGHN at a Glance

Three States of Identity

◆ Cross-Registry Matches

◆ In Turkish Records Only

◆ International Records Only

What's YourHorse's GHN?

Racing Nationsin the System

Integrated Data Sources

Submit Your Horse

Submission Received!

GHN vs. The Status Quo

Lookup, submit,or share a horse

GHN
Global Horse
Number

Every registry has its own
island of data

Reading a
GHN at a Glance

What's Your
Horse's GHN?

Racing Nations
in the System

Lookup, submit,
or share a horse